Levantine Captagon Smuggling Following Assad’s Downfall - New Lines Institute

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Levantine Captagon Smuggling Following Assad’s Downfall Executive Summary The downfall of the regime of deposed President Bashar al-Assad ended Syrian state sponsorship of the production of the illicit amphetamine-type stimulant captagon and dismantled the centralized industrial model that had enabled large-scale manufacturing and cross-border trafficking. Syrian authorities reported thwarting more than 20 prepared smuggling shipments in southern Syria following the regime’s collapse. In 2025, the new Syrian government reportedly seized 25 times the amount than had been seized by the Assad reg…